Statue Quotes

230 quotes by 191 authors

A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work… — John Berger
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of… — Alan K. Simpson
A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic. — Zig Ziglar
He was a man of great statue — Thomas Menino
When President Chirac gave [President] Bush a souvenir statue of the Eiffel Tower... Bush said 'This is great! A little oil rig!' — Jay Leno
The last time I was inside a woman was when I went to the Statue of Liberty. — Woody Allen
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual… — Benjamin Disraeli
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I… — Michelangelo
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but… — Henry David Thoreau
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the spectator of a… — Isaac D'Israeli
Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for. — Michael Bloomberg
Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black... — Danielle O'Hara
Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic — Werner Erhard
... knowledge must continually be renewed by ceaseless effort, if it is not to be lost. It resembles a statue of marble which stands in… — Albert Einstein
Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts.… — Confucius
All in their lifetime carve their own soul's statue. — Thomas Buchanan Read
I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do… — Mahatma Gandhi

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